Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

Liu Bei nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Zichu, is it really impossible for me to enter Beijing?"

Chen Yuan saw that Liu Bei still had unrealistic ideas, so he decided to give Liu Bei a hard time.

"It's not impossible."

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Chen Yuan expectantly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Brother, as long as you give up all your official positions and leave only the title of Marquis, let alone the capital, you can go anywhere in the world."

Liu Bei's face darkened.

He knew he was right.

As long as I give up everything now and only leave a title, there will naturally be no identity issues.

But can Liu Bei give up?

That is naturally impossible.

Not to mention that Liu Bei himself is unwilling to give up, Chen Yuan, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei must not agree.

Liu Bei is not only himself now, he also has a large number of subordinates, the wealth and interests of these people have been tightly tied to Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei gave up everything now, what would Chen Yuan, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei do?
What about Cai Yong?
Others may be able to find another family, but it is absolutely impossible for them to find another family.

Because their relationship with Liu Bei is too close, they basically have one interest.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth: "Okay, since that's the case, then we will develop and grow Jingzhou. Only if we have the strength to sweep the world down, we can naturally rejuvenate the Han Dynasty."

Seeing that Liu Bei finally had this realization, Chen Yuan expressed his relief.

If Liu Bei procrastinated any longer and couldn't make up his mind, and still had unrealistic hopes, Chen Yuan would be furious.

The strategy for the next five years has been decided, and Chen Yuan doesn't want to get involved in the specific operations.

Now Jingzhou writers include Gu Yong, Xun You, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Zhong Yao, etc., Wu Guanyu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Wei Yan and others.

It can be considered that there are a lot of talents, and Chen Yuan doesn't need to worry about the specific work at all.

Now Chen Yuan can concentrate on cultivating his own foundation.

What Liu Bei and the others are doing now is to strengthen the body of the big man, while Chen Yuan wants to replace the spirit of the big man with a more powerful engine.

Construct a set of governance theories that are suitable for this era and can revitalize the great Han.

Now the theories of Han Dynasty governing the country are basically the same set of theories as Dong Zhongshu's.

This set of theories cannot be said to be bad, but there are many pain points in it that need to be reformed.

Chen Yuan was reforming this set of theories while teaching his disciples.

It's just that Chen Yuan found out that this is simply not something people do.

Because what Chen Yuan did was to become a patriarch, to set a precedent, to become a saint.

When I didn't do it, I thought it was not difficult, but after doing it, I found that I was not that material.

Because Chen Yuan has one of the biggest problems, that is, his theories are piecemeal, completely disorganized.

It is simply a dream to come up with your own set of governance theories on this basis.

The so-called theory of governing the country is to enclose everyone, draw a circle for everyone, and everyone stays in this circle and abides by the order and rules of this circle.

Order and rules are the theory of statecraft.

Now the great Han ruled the country with filial piety in name, but actually ruled the country with etiquette and law.

External etiquette and internal law.

Chen Yuan felt that this circle was correct, but the order and rules in this circle were not right.

The rules need to change.

But how?
Chen Yuan said that the head is very big.

Because Chen Yuan is not very clear about the current Chinese law, he can only say that he has only a half-knowledge.

Of course, Chen Yuan can completely ignore the current Chinese law and make another one himself.

But no one will follow the things that come out like that.

That is unrealistic.

It is necessary to make amendments on the basis of the existing Chinese law and add your own concept of governing the country to it, so that it will be accepted.

To put it bluntly, Chen Yuan is now rewriting the Han law.

It stands to reason that this behavior can be regarded as treason.

Because only the imperial court has the power to amend the law.

However, Chen Yuan didn't care about the so-called court and the emperor at all, and he didn't revise the Han law for the court.

At least not for the current court, but for Liu Bei's court in the future.

As for why the law should be amended, it is because the most concentrated embodiment of the theory of governing a country is the law.

Now that is the constitution.

It's just that in ancient times, there was no concept of constitutional or unconstitutional, and all laws were put together.

The Han Dynasty was the so-called Sixty Laws of the Han Dynasty, which were revised by Xiao He on the basis of the Fajing.

The sixty chapters of the Han Law have gone through so many years, although there have been occasional revisions, they have not changed much on the whole.

Here comes the problem, Chen Yuan doesn't understand Han law.

The original owner was from the Chen family of Yingchuan, but the Chen family of Yingchuan did not practice the law, so they were not familiar with the Han law.

At most, I know a rough idea.

Fortunately, Jingzhou is full of talents now, and there are not many great talents who understand the law.

Understanding here does not refer to legal experts who understand not only the text of the law, but also the evolution, legislation, and application of the law.

If only the legal provisions were required, Chen Yuan would not be unable to obtain Han laws.

There are Han laws in the state pastoral mansion.

However, when Chen Yuan took it over and looked at it, his claws immediately became numb.

Because the law of the Han Dynasty is divided into two parts, the law and the order. The law is the main part.Orders are mostly new additions, including some emperor's edicts.

The content is vast, how could Chen Yuan figure it out in a short time with just two knives.

Even if it is not an order, but the law part has a lot of content.

You must know that the Han inherited the Qin system, and the laws of the Qin Dynasty were already very detailed.

Therefore, there is naturally a lot of content in the Han Law.

For example, in addition to laws and decrees, there are also Cheng, Ke, Pin and Tiao, which should be side branches of laws and regulations and supplements to laws and regulations.

In addition to criminal law, laws and decrees also include certain administrative or civil regulations.

Due to the lack of suitable laws and regulations, the so-called "bi" or "rule" must be resorted to.

Bi is to compare the relevant laws to convict, for example is a case.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were more than 470 cases of capital crimes.

It can be seen that the complicated laws and regulations are really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Of course, when Chen Yuan wanted to revise the Han law, he mainly revised the law. As for Shuoling, Cheng, Ke, Pin, and Article, these can be supplemented in the legal practice in the future.

All in all, Chen Yuan needs legal talents to help him.

So, Chen Yuan approached Liu Bei again.

Now that Liu Bei has a goal in mind, he is holding back his energy to develop Jingzhou, which can be described as extremely diligent.

Ever since the day when he had a deep talk with Chen Yuan, Liu Bei was like a different person.

Either deal with political affairs, or go to the army to train the army, or lead troops to eliminate bandits and water bandits, or patrol the counties and counties in Jingzhou.

In short, according to Gu Yong's words, today's Liu Bei is a perfect protagonist.

In the past, Liu Bei was actually a little lazy.

Now that he has completely lost his slackness, he is an extremely diligent and good state shepherd.

Therefore, during this period of time, not only did Liu Bei's popularity in Jingzhou rise sharply, but the satisfaction in the hearts of Gu Yong and his subordinates also rose extremely fast.

In general, Liu Bei's prestige has been greatly improved.

Chen Yuan's sense of presence has weakened a lot.

Because Chen Yuan basically spends his time in the academy these days, and rarely goes to the State Shepherd's Mansion to intervene in political affairs.

Even now, Chen Yuan is still holding the official positions of Jingzhou Biejia and Military Adviser Zhonglang, but he basically doesn't take care of things.

However, no one dared to propose to remove Chen Yuan from his official position.

Just kidding, want to touch Chen Yuan?
I'm afraid I'm tired of living.

Liu Bei is the eldest brother, Gu Yong is his senior brother, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are his second and third brothers.

He recommended Liu Bei to Xi Zhicai, Tian Feng, Zhong Yao, and Ju Shou.

Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were also recommended by him.

Among the entire Jingzhou civil and military ministers, more than half were recommended to Liu Bei by Chen Yuan.

Not to mention his extraordinary relationship with the core characters.

Who dares to touch him, who can touch him?
Furthermore, Chen Yuan not only has made outstanding contributions, but also has unparalleled intelligence and cultural relics. He is a great talent on top of each other.

Such a character must be as powerful as Xiao He and Zhang Liang.

Chen Yuan is indeed doing Xiao He's way of life now.

It was Xiao He who worked out a set of governance theories for the Han Dynasty, but after Dong Zhongshu’s revisions, the entire Han Dynasty’s governance theory finally took shape, and it has influenced generations to come for thousands of years.

Now it's Chen Yuan's turn.

Chen Yuan felt that he couldn't handle it. He didn't come to ask Liu Bei for help.

Chen Yuan didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Brother, I need a few people to help me."

Liu Bei didn't know what Chen Yuan was going to do, and he was quite surprised when he heard Chen Yuan say this: "Fourth brother, you can just transfer someone you want, is there anyone you can't transfer?"

These words are not Liu Bei beating Chen Yuan, and there is nothing to beating.

Chen Yuan's character, Liu Bei can be figured out.

This is a lazy person, and he is not good at taking power.

You say that such a person will rebel, this is simply a joke.

Liu Bei was very relieved of Chen Yuan, so Liu Bei was just surprised when he said this.

You know, Chen Yuan has a very good relationship with the ministers of Jingzhou.

Even Guan Yu, who is extremely arrogant, has a very good relationship with Chen Yuan now.

This incident stemmed from the fact that Chen Yuan wrote a set of so-called training outlines for academy students when he was free.

This thing was used by Chen Yuan to train his own students.

The content is not complicated, Chen Yuan directly modified the recruit training method of our army from later generations and used it.

As a result, it got out somehow.

Good guy, it doesn't matter if this news gets out, those bigwigs in the army have all come to the academy to observe it for a few days.

When they saw Zhou Yu and his group of little fellows standing horizontally and vertically for practice, they almost stared out their eyes.

When I saw Zhou Yu's neatly placed bedding, clothes, tableware and supplies in their dormitory, I couldn't even talk about my mood.

The military camp in this era is a large garbage dump, and even the so-called famous generals don't pay much attention to military hygiene.

Ever since, they took away this set of drill syllabus, and then asked Liu Bei to hold a military meeting.

Soon after, the entire Jingzhou army began to implement this drill outline.

As a result, Chen Yuan's reputation for being good at training troops spread.

Chen Yuan smiled wryly when he heard Liu Bei say this: "Brother, do you know what I'm going to do?"

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to rebuild the Han law!"

Liu Bei exclaimed: "What! You want to re-establish the law?"

This is not a joke. If this matter spreads, a hat of treason will never be taken off.

Because anything about the law can only be done by the court, and anyone else doing this is treason.

After being shocked, Liu Bei directly and flatly refused: "Zichu, I disagree with this matter."

Chen Yuan knew that Liu Bei must have reacted in this way.

But if Chen Yuan transfers people, he must get Liu Bei's consent.

"Brother, do you know why I want to re-learn the law?"

"No matter why you are, you can't do it, it's different from rebellion!"

Damn, why is this guy so serious about it?

Still have to take strong medicine.

"Brother, this is related to the big man Zhongxing, are you sure you won't let me do it?"

Liu Bei's Achilles' heel is Dahan Zhongxing.

Hearing this, Liu Bei frowned, and looked at Chen Yuan suspiciously: "Fourth brother, you won't lie to me, will you?"

Liu Bei has learned to be smart now, he was often fooled by Chen Yuan before.

Of course, Chen Yuan fooled him with good intentions.

However, this matter is too important to agree to easily.

"Of course, brother, let me ask you, do you know why the big man became like this?"

Liu Bei is no longer the ranger in Zhuojun City. After such a long period of training and nurturing, his knowledge and mind have long been cultivated.

"Naturally, it is because of the strength of the mighty, the strength of the mighty, and the weakening of the imperial court, which has become the current situation."

"Well, big brother is very right, but big brother, do you know why Hao Qiang grows stronger?"

This question stumped Liu Bei directly.

He really didn't think about why the powerful family would grow.

Liu Bei shook his head: "Why, what does this have to do with the law?"

"It's a big relationship. The reason why a powerful family can grow up is above the law."

Yes, the reason why the powerful family is strong is because of the imperial court system.

The court system is the law.

Although there is no specific provision in the Han law to allow mergers, many contents show that the imperial court does not suppress mergers.

Land annexation will of course cause many consequences, and eventually lead to the weaker and weaker imperial court and stronger and stronger tyrants.

But for the imperial court, land annexation is also beneficial, that is, it is easy to collect taxes.

You must know that collecting taxes in this era is a very complicated technical task. On the one hand, it requires a huge bureaucratic organization, and on the other hand, it also requires corresponding complex management procedures.

Land annexation can solve this problem better, because a large amount of land is gathered under the name of big landlords, and the bureaucrats only need to deal with these landlords.

In this way, administrative costs are saved, and so many officials are not needed.

Looking at it this way, does land annexation benefit the court a lot?

However, in this way, the strength of the powerful became stronger and stronger, and the strength of the imperial court became smaller and smaller.

The demise of each dynasty, in the end, was mostly related to a significant reduction in taxes.

In short, the court has no money.